. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . feet should be allowed for it. All the varieties described above are of Japanese origin with theexception of Lohhii and dnend^. Elegaiis which was introduci-d by thelate Mr. John Gould Yeitcli, is one of the most distinct additions to theBritish Pinetum ever made ; this is chiefly due to the remarkaUe changein colour which tlie foliage and young shoots undergo in winter ; it is a
. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . feet should be allowed for it. All the varieties described above are of Japanese origin with theexception of Lohhii and dnend^. Elegaiis which was introduci-d by thelate Mr. John Gould Yeitcli, is one of the most distinct additions to theBritish Pinetum ever made ; this is chiefly due to the remarkaUe changein colour which tlie foliage and young shoots undergo in winter ; it is ajuvenile form with primordial leaves only. The illustration shows its * San, viilgo Sungi, Cupresso-pinohis resiuifera. friietu sphrerali squanioso, pruuiniagnitudmis ; seiuniibiis ]) oblongis conipressis, striatis, spadiceis (p. 883.). 268 CliYITOMElMA .lAIONKA. lialiit as usually seen, l)ut in the, warm and humid climak of Dovon and(.oruwall, so large a head is sometinuS formed that the stem heiidstowards the ground under tlie weight of its appendages and is sometimessna]t))ed olf hy the wind. Lohhii was introduced hy the Veitehiaii firmslmrtly after Fortunes disco V(M-y througli Thomas Lohh, fiom the. Fig. 81. Vnjiitomvrin jupouirn, var. degaiis. lUiitenzorg Botanic (!arden whither it had been sent from .lajian l»ySiebold twenty years earlier. Xana and spiralis are monstrous forms ofdwarf and singular habit chiefly used for the rock garden ; sinpyms isthe form originally introduced by Fortune; all the older arborescentCryptoinerias growing in (ireat Britain witli the exeej»tion of the varietyLohhii are r8)Benthain and Hooker. Goii. Plant. III. 429 1S31 . Kielilfr in Engler an<l Prantl. Fam. 85 (1887 . Masters in Jouni. Linu. Sor. XXX. 22 (1893). Diffierent as tlie Rechvood and A\\41iiigtonia as seen in Great Britainappear to tlie ordinary ol)serNer, botanists are agreed that they mustcome under the same genus. The difference in habit and foliage, somanife
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